International

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TNS International

In recent years, TNS grew immensely. 10 years ago, we had around 500 members world-wide, today we have that number of members outside the US alone (in addition to the about 1250 members in the US). So there is some interest in local meetings around the world, in members interacting - and in doing so in the local language, of course.

The organisation of TNS is very non-hierarchical, so there are no country chapters, no LocSecs - but we have local volunteers. So if you're a member and want to know what sort of TNS action goes on nearby, or whether local meetings are planned, or if you're interested in becoming a member and you're not sure what to expect - just seek out the local volunteer from your country in the list below and ask them.
They're regular members trying to help out and do you a favor, so please be kind to them. Please do also remember that the only person who officially can speak for TNS is Regent Eric Zimmermann.

France
For larger countries we're planning to have more than one local volunteer. Partly to keep the workload low (well, it is low), but mainly to still lower the threshold for people to get in contact when they find the can better relate to one volunteer than to another.
In France, we have Julie & Julien - I swear that this is pure coincidence!!

GCC - Arabian Peninsula

Howdy. السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ. Sam Waltz is a western expat who has spent most of a decade living in the Gulf Cooperative Council region (GCC: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE), and spends most of (too much of?) his free time travelling the world attending HIQ gatherings. He first joined TNS in 2005, and is now proud to be a life member.
If you're interested in joining TNS or learning more about the group,
please email arabia@triplenine.org Also, if you're already a member and are living in the region, please get in touch!

New Zealand

Hi, I'm Bill. I've been in TNS for several years. I haven't been able to get to the conferences, the ggg999 or egg999, since New Zealand is a bit far away. That's alright, because there are ways to get involved remotely: the Facebook and LinkedIn groups, and through the newsletter, Vidya. The discussions are interesting (and challenging), as well as entertaining.
I'm an economics consultant based in Wellington. A lot of my work is in agriculture and natural resources, such as modelling farmer behaviour and analysing the value of agricultural research. As is common in TNS, I have other interests, too. I do research on psychoanalytic and critical theory, play a few instruments, try to garden, and do a bit of martial arts. Of course, I'm also interested in intelligence, HIQ people, giftedness, and so on.
Originally from the US, I've lived in NZ for years. I do travel around the country a bit, so I'm happy to meet up outside of Wellington, too.

Scandinavia

Yes, we know that Scandinavia is not a country by itself. After all, with local volunteers from Denmark and Sweden, we feel that we are well represented up there and do have some local knowledge.
But we wanted to give a friendly nod to other Scandinavians in the membership - to this end we define "Scandinavia" to contain Norway and Sweden obviously, but also Finland and Denmark and even Iceland and the Faroe Islands. In order to not create international entanglements, we don't even mention the Shetlands here.
Simply spoken, if you're from Denmark or Sweden, you could contact the local volunteers directly, but if you prefer to contact them both at the same time, you can use the address below.

United Kingdom

If you're in the UK and you want to know more about what TNS has to offer, you should email Tom Chantler at uk@triplenine.org. Tom has been a member of TNS since early 2013 and was elected Member-at-Large and appointed Information Officer in 2016. He is a freelance consultant who lives in the south of England and he specialises in information security, solution architecture and solving interesting problems, usually involving computers. You can find out more than you want to know about him by starting at: https://tomssl.com/about.

USA - Midwest

Bryan is as warm as his greeting on the TNS-page: "I want to be one who welcomes and makes you comfortable." He is a retired Michigan automation engineer who presents at ggg999 gatherings and writes Vidya articles about Triple Nine people and events.
Email Bryan at usa-midwest@triplenine.org for your own personal welcome and conversation about our interesting group.
Go in peace.